Improvement in bridle-fronts



R. MANNING. Bridle-Front.

No. 220,162. Patented Sept. 30,1879.

lvei A lmmnoe UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ROBERT MANNING, OF NEWARK,` NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRI DLE-FRONTS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,162, datedSeptember 30, 1879 application filed August 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT MANNING, of the city ot' Newark, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bridle- Fronts; and l do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to bridle-fronts having a strip or facing ofmetal secured thereto, the object of which is to fasten the leather moresecurely and perfectly to the said metallic strips, which are sometimesused for stiffening or ornamenting said bridle-fronts, to impartincreased beauty and strength thereto, and also to render said goodscapable of being bent and retained in any desired form without marringor breaking the said metallic strips.

The invention consists in creasing the metal strips, so as to form achannel or channels therein, which channels are subsequently lilled withother soft metal or solder in the usual Way, leaving a margin of thethin metal on each side of the lled space, over which the leather isfolded and sewed by a machine through both leather and metal along theentire edges of said metal strips, leaving the raised portions formed bythe channels exposed between the edges of the leather, all as hereinafier more fully set forth.'

The accompanying drawings illustrate the nature of the invention, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a bridle-front em bodyingmy improvement. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same 5 and Figs. 3, 4,and 5 are end views of the metal strips with the channels unfilled.

Similar letters indicate like parts in each of the several figures.

In carrying out my invention, I take a thin strip, a, of sheet-brass,nickel, or other suitable metal, of whatever length and width may herequired, and by means of a suitable die reduce it to the form shown inFigs. 3, 4, and 5, or to any other desirable form, and lill the groovesor channels c with soft metal or solder, as indicated in Fig. 2, meltedand flowed in in the usual manner, leaving a narrow margin, e, of thethin sheet metal on each side, as indicated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Thestrip or strips so prepared are then applied to the surface of thebridle-front or other article, the leather folded down over the edgesaforesaid, and sewed in an ordinary sewing-machine, strong enough, ofcourse, to meet the requirements of the case, along the entire edgesthrough both leather and metal, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, therebysecuring the advantages hereinbefore enumerated.

In bending the article or changing its form, it should be done bypressing it over aconvex surface, so as to obtain a uniform curve andavoid short bends or kinks.

The same construction is adapted for analogous articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

An improved bridle-front having a strip of metal provided with a channelor channels forming raised portions on theoutside, filled with softmetal or solder, and secured thereto, as specified, so as to expose thesaid raised portions between the edges of the leather, all as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of August, 1879.

ROBERT MANNING.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, CHARLEs H. PELL.

